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| Execution would be Oklahoma's first since ruling on drugs |
| By timesfreepress.com |
| Published: 09/30/2015 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- A death row inmate's scheduled execution for his role in a 1997 motel killing would be the first in Oklahoma since the nation's highest court upheld the state's three-drug lethal injection formula. Unless the U.S. Supreme Court halts the execution, Richard Glossip is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at 3 p.m. CDT Wednesday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, despite his claim of innocence. A request for a stay of execution is pending with the U.S. Supreme Court. Glossip was the lead plaintiff in a separate case in which his attorneys argued the sedative midazolam did not adequately render an inmate unconscious before the second and third drugs were administered. They said that presented a substantial risk of violating the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. But in June, the justices voted 5-4 that the sedative's use was constitutional. Glossip was convicted of orchestrating the beating death of Barry Van Treese, the owner of the Oklahoma City motel where Glossip worked. But Glossip claims he was framed by the actual killer, Justin Sneed, who is serving a life sentence and was the state's key witness against Glossip in two separate trials. Read More. |
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